The Hadza - Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-520-25341-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 336 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture

In The Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and archaeologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. Marlowe ably applies his years of research with the Hadza to cover the traditional topics in ethnography—subsistence, material culture, religion, and social structure. But the book’s unique contribution is to introduce readers to the more contemporary field of behavioral ecology, which attempts to understand human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. To that end, The Hadza also articulates the necessary background for readers whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marlowe, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. The Hadza and Evolutionary Theory: An Introduction
2. Habitat and History
3. Social Organization, Beliefs, and Practices
4. Material Culture
5. Foraging
6. Life History
7. Mating
8. Parenting
9. Cooperation and Food- Sharing
10. The Median Foragers: Humans in Cross- Species Perspective
Afterword: The Hadza Present and Future

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Frank Marlowe is Professor of Anthropology at Florida State University.